Prevalence of susceptibility to tetanus and diphtheria in health care workers in Catalonia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 896-898

  Esteve, Maria ^a,b   Domínguez, Angela ^c,d   Urbiztondo, Luis ^e   Borrás, Eva ^c,d   Costa, Josep ^f   Broner, Sonia ^d   Campins, Magda ^b,g   Bayas, Jose Maria ^c,f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Directorate of Public Health   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health care personnel; Occupational health program; Seroprevalence; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; TETANUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; TETANUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868203695     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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